When knaves come to preferment they rise as
- DMI number:
- 17304
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- When knaves come to preferment they rise as
- Last Line:
- Gallows are raised in the Low Countries one | Upon another's shoulders
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram, Blank verse, Satire, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Verse-drama
- Themes:
- Corruption, Death[Gallows], Other countries[Netherlands / Low Countries], and Patronage
- Author:
- John Webster
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Gunby et al. (1995-2007): I, 172 (extract from 'The White Devil', Act 2, Scene 1).
- Title:
- [vol. 3] The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries [vol III] [ECCO] [T131617]
- Page No(s):
- p.47
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Webster's White Devil
- Attributed To:
- John Webster
Poem Aliases
Webster. White Devil. Act 2.
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